Seeking Immortality

After Deng Tianba entered the house, Zhang Ningmei came out of her room. She thought that Deng Tianba was an old friend of Xu Qingfan, so she made a cup of tea for them both and then left silently.

But after inviting Deng Tianji into the house, Xu Qingfan regretted it.

For half an hour, Deng Tianbu kept talking various truths in front of Xu Qingfan. If he didn't know what kind of person Deng Tianbu was, Xu Qingfan would have regarded him as a moral defender.

I saw that Deng Tianla first reflected on the efforts and sacrifices of the righteous people in the world of immortality during the catastrophe, and then described how powerful the evil forces were during the catastrophe, and then began to talk about how, in his opinion, facing this situation How should upright monks respond? During this period, the importance of unity among upright monks was focused on, and a large number of historical facts were also cited for this purpose.

Finally, half an hour later, Deng Tian took a sip of the seventh cup of tea poured by Zhang Ningmei, and then concluded: "So, at this time, I, a righteous person, should put aside the previous right and wrong. , grudges are right and wrong, and we must unite to fight against the catastrophe, because as you, Daoyou Xu, said before, judging from various signs, the Bahuang Palace is just the beginning of the catastrophe. "

After a pause, Deng Tian looked at Xu Qingfan and said slowly: "Fellow Daoist Xu, I know that you and I had many conflicts during the newcomer competition seventy years ago, but at this time, we should let go of the past. Let’s work together to deal with future accidents, what do you think, Brother Xu?”

"Of course, this happened back then. I will never mention it again until the catastrophe is over." Xu Qingfan said with a faint smile. There was a sigh in my heart, and I felt more and more that Deng Tianzhao was really hypocritical now. Couldn't you have said this earlier? What's the use of all those useless words? What a waste of Zhang Ningmei's seven cups of good tea.

In Deng Tianbu's last sentence, he said "let go of the past" rather than "let go of the conflicts of the past". In other words, during the catastrophe, he and Xu Qingfan agreed not to cause trouble to each other, but at the same time they I also hope that Xu Qingfan will not mention his practice of "Purple Palace Car" again.

In fact, even Deng Tian didn't say anything. Xu Qingfan wouldn't mention it. After experiencing so many things, Xu Qingfan's innocence and impulsiveness had long been hidden deep in his heart. Naturally, I know that it is not appropriate to mention what happened back then at this time.

After ensuring Deng Tian's peace of mind three times in a row, Xu Qingfan sent Deng Tian outside the room politely. After receiving the guarantee, Deng Tian left with satisfaction.

But just as he closed the door and returned to the house, a voice came from outside the courtyard again.

"Fellow Daoist Xu, I haven't seen you for many years, can you tell me?"

This time the voice was still familiar, but Xu Qingfan couldn't remember who it was, but he didn't dare to neglect it and hurriedly walked outside the courtyard and opened the door. However, I saw five disciples of the "Qingxu Sect" standing there outside the courtyard. They were looking at Xu Qingfan with smiles. Perhaps because of Xu Qingfan's progress in cultivation over the years, their eyes were full of admiration.

And these five people were none other than Lu Ziqing, Shang Nianyao, Xu Xiurong, and Hou Wanjun who had fought side by side with Xu Qingfan in the Southern Wilderness. The middle-aged man with a kind expression and vicissitudes of life behind the four people was the one who stood up at the New People's Congress. Bi Shi and Xu Qingfan once had a relationship, Hua Xian was the leader of the Qingxu Sect.

When old friends meet again, there is a lot of joy and talk. Lu Ziqing is still so free and easy to talk. Shang Nianyao remained silent. Of course, Shang Nianyao was born mute, so silence was appropriate. I originally thought that after so many years of experience, Xu Xiurong's habit of being easily shy would have changed, but who knew that she still blushed at every turn. As for Hou Wanjun, he is still so lonely. Among the five, he is the only one who has not reached the stage of forming the core. As time goes by, he is much older than the others.

But although everyone has more or less changes, more or less familiar shadows. The opportunities have been very different for each other over the years. But after all, they are friends who have experienced life and death together. After meeting each other, there was a happy expression on their faces that they were not involved in the slightest interest entanglement. But it's real.

Hua Xian, on the other hand, stood aside with a smile, his face full of a loving elder brother's attitude. By the way, back then, this Huaxian had the highest level of cultivation among all the sects during the newcomer competition, and it is still the case now. Only Jin Qinghan in Jiuhua can compare with him.

After some free conversation, Xu Qingfan finally learned about the experiences of Lu Ziqing and others over the years. It turned out that when Liu Ziqing launched the Qingxu Rebellion and imprisoned Immortal Zizhen to frame Qing Lingzi, Lu Ziqing and the other five had no choice but to follow Bao Wei and escape from Qingxu Gate because they did not believe Liu Ziqing's words and failed to rescue Qing Lingzi. He hid in a secret place and stayed there for twenty years. Although he heard that Qing Lingzi was back in charge of the "Qingxu Sect", he was afraid that it was Liu Ziqing's trick and couldn't believe it. It was not until later that Qing Lingzi personally went down the mountain to lead a search and brought them back to the "Qingxu Sect".

Over the years, Lu Ziqing and other five people have also followed the Righteous Alliance to fight against the "Eight Desolate Palaces", but there have been no dangers. Lu Ziqing also realized an extremely powerful magical power by chance during the first battle, although he almost missed it. He died in battle, but it was a blessing in disguise.

After hearing their story, Xu Qingfan was slightly startled, and couldn't help but look at Xu Xiurong, but Xu Xiurong couldn't help but blush and lower his head. Such a shy look made Xu Qingfan extremely embarrassed. Xu Qingfan just couldn't imagine that Xu Xiurong was like this. How did such a weak character participate in the fierce and cruel battle in the catastrophe. And with Xu Xiurong's temperament, it must have been a lot of help from Lu Ziqinghuaxian and others to save her life until now.

At the end of the conversation, Xu Qingfan suddenly thought of something and asked, "By the way, where is Senior Bao Wei? I didn't see him when I came to Qingxu Sect this time."

Hearing Xu Qingfan's question, the faces of everyone on the scene all froze, and then became gloomy. In the end, Hua Xian answered, "Uncle Bao was captured by the people of the Eight Desolation Palace when he was fighting with the Eight Desolation Palace three years ago."

Xu Qingfan was shocked. He couldn't help but sighed sadly, and then turned his head to look at Hou Wanjun. Xu Qingfan clearly remembered that although Hou Wanjun was Bao Wei's disciple at that time. But there were many contradictions between them. Facing Bao Wei, Hou Wanjun just remained silent, and Bao Wei just sighed and was helpless. But when talking about Bao Wei's capture, Hou Wanjun became more silent, but his previous stubbornness was less.

This time, the conversation lasted for two hours. Although the time was much longer than the conversation with Deng Tianai, Xu Qingfan did not feel bored and irritable as before. Perhaps this is the difference between a conversation between true friends and a false courtesy.

When sending Lv Ziqing, Xu Xiurong and others to the door, Qiu Xuan was standing there with a faint smile on his face, as if he had been waiting for a long time.

Looking at the sky slightly white, Xu Qingfan couldn't help but sigh, knowing that his plan to use this night to practice a little bit of meditation had completely gone down the drain.

After sending Lv Ziqing and others away, he welcomed Qiu Xuan into the room and sat down with each other. Maybe because he had said too much to Lv Ziqing and others before, Xu Qingfan didn't want to speak. Maybe because Deng Tianai had said too much before, Xu Qingfan didn't want to listen to anything anymore, just sat there and sipped tea silently.

For Qiu Xuan. Xu Qingfan felt very special. Xu Qingfan admired his calm temperament and great perseverance in practicing "Heaven and Earth*". Once upon a time, Xu Qingfan wanted to make friends with him. But in the end, he gradually realized that Qiu Xuan was not a suitable friend for him. He was too good at forbearance, too scheming, too rational, or a suitable ally, but not a suitable friend. Especially when Qiu Xuan decided to cooperate with Deng Tianai. Xu Qingfan was extremely disappointed.

Because of this expectation, Xu Qingfan could deal with Deng Tianai hypocritically, but facing Qiu Xuan, he had nothing to say. He didn't know how to be polite. And with Qiu Xuan's rationality and sensitivity, any courtesy to him was useless.

In the end, Qiu Xuan spoke first.

"Deng Tianai has been here before?"

Xu Qingfan nodded silently.

Then, there was another silence.

Qiu Xuan looked at Xu Qingfan's silence, but suddenly smiled and asked: "When I compromised with Deng Tianai, you must have looked down on me, right?"

Xu Qingfan finally figured it out at this time. Since he had decided not to have a sincere relationship with Qiu Xuan. So what's wrong with being hypocritical and polite? So he returned to a smile on his face. He said calmly: "How could that be? That's your sect's business. I have no reason to have any thoughts about you based on those things."

Seeing the smile on Xu Qingfan's face, Qiu Xuan seemed to be more certain. After a moment of silence, he suddenly said: "At that time, my sect was almost completely controlled by the Eight Desolations Palace. In order to get my sect out of the control of the Eight Desolations Palace, I had to go back. What's more, my master was also in his hands. I could only listen to him."

Hearing Qiu Xuan's explanation, Xu Qingfan was slightly stunned.

After sending Qiu Xuan away, it was already early morning, and Xu Qingfan's original recuperation plan was indeed ruined as he had thought before.

This time Qiu Xuan came to Xu Qingfan, still seeking cooperation, but was rejected by Xu Qingfan. Maybe Qiu Xuan did it for a reason, but Xu Qingfan didn't want Qiu Xuan to betray him in the future because of his difficulties. What's more, Xu Qingfan now represents the Jiuhua lineage. Who knows if Qiu Xuan came this time and was sent by Deng Tianai as a test under the circumstances?

With a slight sigh, Xu Qingfan suddenly realized that he had been welcoming and seeing off people all night. When did he know so many people?

Pushing open the door, Xu Qingfan planned to leave "Ronghua Mountain" after drinking the last cup of tea and return to Jiuhua to report the results of this exploration down the mountain to Zhang Hualing, but after pushing the door in, the scene in front of him made Xu Qingfan slightly stunned.

I saw Qing Lingzi and Mr. Liu suddenly appeared in his house at some point, and they were drinking the tea brewed by Zhang Ningmei. Zhang Ningmei looked at Xu Qingfan with doubts in her eyes.